UNC senior Sara Daavettila was selected Wednesday as the ACC Women’s Tennis Co-Player of the Week, after guiding the Tar Heels to a win over No. 9 Duke last Friday.

Daavettila paired with teammate Cameron Morra to help deliver the doubles point to UNC, before moving to singles competition and defeating Duke’s No. 9 ranked Kelly Chen in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

This marks Daavettila’s second ACC Player of the Week award of the season.

She shares the ACC weekly honor this week with Miami’s Estela Perez-Somarriba, who won three matches last week without dropping a set.

The Tar Heels are currently No. 1 in the country and have won an ACC-record 35 consecutive dual matches in a streak that includes a perfect 18-0 record in the shortened 2020 campaign.

UNC returns to action on Friday with a road match at Virginia Tech.

 

 

Photo via UNC Athletics

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